We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come. (Milan Kundera)

We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.

Milan Kundera

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